If you arrived to a Ventura County FC game early enough, you could see Chris Rindov’s solo pregame walk-through.

Rindov, 23, goes to each penalty area and visualizes each possible scenario.

“I think I started it in my first year at (Sporting Kansas City),” Rindov said. “The beginning is visualizing on corners, the places I’m going to be and where I need to be clearing the ball, our positions and communicating and feeling the space. Then alongside that, on the ball, obviously here, it’s a big possession, so kind of getting the ball and visualizing me, getting the ball and turning, finding a lot of different options, keeping those options open and just getting through the flow of it.

“Then on the other side is the attacking, getting into the position of where I’m going to start on corner

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